George W. Bush: “The state of our union is confident and strong.”

Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation, thank you for your hard work and God bless you.

Mr. Wyeth captured America in his paintings of his native Pennsylvania and Maine.

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.